It's time!!!

It's time for another green smoothie feast. It would be great if I could go for 30-60 days. I've never gone that long before, but I'm very motivated. I'm sticking with the more savory GS for right now. Any fruit or even berries seems to throw my blood sugar off and I immediately start feeling depressed. I even tried about a half a cup of blueberries and noticed adverse symptoms right away. I'm sure candida is the biggest culprit related to the fruit usage.

I'm planning on starting tomorrow Jan 2nd 2010. I'll let you know how my first day goes. Wish me light and blessings for a successful green smoothie feast!

SM

Spring forward with a green smoothie feast

Boy am I craving a green smoothie cleanse! Historically I only need to make it through the first day and then I'm off to the green smoothie races.

I am very aware that I am not going to be a 100% raw fooder nor do I want to be. I want to eat a high percentage of raw food each day. I want to drink green smoothies and green juices each day. I do love cooked food as well, and not vegan either. Yes, I have a love/hate relationship with meat. I only eat organic poultry, but meat is meat. I don't eat dairy mostly because I'm very allergic.

I never really know when I'm going to start a green smoothie feast. It sort of just happens, and by day 2 I'm like " Oh, all I had yesterday was green smoothies, I guess this is the beginning of my feast, ok ".

I'm really hoping to start this weekend.

Until next time......

S.M.

Day 2 Juice Feast

I really want to do a juice feast and 2 liver cleanses, my body is craving it. I decided to do a somewhat modified juice feast and to ease myself into it. I started yesterday with 2 quarts of green juice and about 3 tablespoons of sprouted flax meal. When I felt nauseous I would munch on a couple of bites of organic rice cakes. I only ate a half of rice cake yesterday, but it really helped me ease into this feast with minimal discomfort.

I have decided not use any fruit for this feast as I'm wanting to balance out candida issues. The sprouted flax meal feels so right to me. It adds some fat, fiber and protein. I notice that I stay full and have no cravings with adding the flax.

This morning I had 2 cups of green juice with flax and was completely full. It's lunch time right now and I'm still full from this mornings juice.

I'm really feeling the shifting of energy for the New Year. Today I'm cleaning my place and bringing some stuff to the Goodwill. I'm also making some resolutions.

1. At least 1 quart of green juice per day ( after my feast ).

2. 2 spinning classes a week, more if I have the time.

3. Walk for a half hour when I get home from work

4. Meditate for 20 minutes a day, more if I have the time.

5. Remember how joyous my soul is and work on personifying that joy.

6. Remember that I can manifest anything I want and to just relax.

7. Laugh with friends and often.

8. Appreciate my wonderful abundant job and paycheck.

9. Get out into Nature, even in the winter months.

10. Have the best year ever!!!!

Here's to day 2 of Juice Feating!

Until next time.....

S.M.

Chocolate tauntings

LOL! I really am laughing out loud right now. Today was the first time in about 22 years that I over slept. I need to be to work at 8am - my alarm went off at 6:30--I turned it off and put my head down for a few more minutes ( as I always do ). Yup, you guessed it, I woke up at 7:50am. Somehow I brushed my teeth, used my crystal deodorant and brushed my hair back in a pony tail and arrived at work at 8:03 ( I have no idea how I did it ). Needless to say, I wasn't able to make any green smoothies to bring with me. I did take a whole cucumber and chia seeds hoping that would hold me over until I returned home tonight. It really did hold me over until....... someone brought a triple layer chocolate truffle cake into the all day long meeting I was in. I fought the craving for 6 hrs and then..... I'll have 2 BIG pieces of cake please. Once I'm on a green smoothie feast for about 3 days all of the cravings disappear, but the first day is a challenge. I'm not sure if I'll start tomorrow or Saturday ( I have another long meeting tomorrow ).

Okay, on the baby front... the baby is not here yet, but the Doctor said within the next 2 weeks we should have a new bundle of joy. It is such short notice, but another friend and I are throwing a co-ed 'PARTY YOUR HINEY OFF FOR THE LAST TIME' baby shower next weekend. So I'm very busy with planning and pulling this all together in such a short period of time.

Okay, off to make some green smoothies so that all I have to do in the morning is grab them out of the fridge. Until next time..... SM

Manifesting Mania

Oh, I know, I have been MIA for much too long. So long infact that I forgot the password to my blog. Wow, what a magical time we are living in. I am seeing incredible manifestations all around me each day. My friends who have been unable to have children naturally and couldn't afford adoption at this time dropped a light bomb on me today. A mutual friend's teenage daughter hid her pregnancy from her Mom and is actually in labor as I write this. Her mother found out this Saturday and the pregnant daughter stated that she wants to give the baby up for adoption and that she wants my friends to have the baby. This will be an open adoption and the father has already signed away his rights to the child. Everyone met with the lawyer on Tuesday and it's all set. On my way home from work this evening I kept thinking that I needed to invite my friend out to dinner to find out the details because at that time I didn't know the whole story. She had emailed me at work stating that she was going to be a Mommy at the beginning of October and that's all the info that I received. I had a hair appointment and as I drove into the parking lot I saw my friends car, she was the appointment before me ( how awesome is that?). She told me the whole story while we were getting our hair done and then her phone rang " Oh my God!, Oh my God!, Oh My GOD !" That's all I heard. When she finally got off the phone she was crying " she's in labor right now!" she stated. She called her husband and off to the hospital they went, that was about 4 hours ago. I haven't heard anything yet but I'll let you know when I do. She always stated that she knew she would be a mother someday, but she didn't know how it would happen. She Believed, no, she BELIEVED ! I love this Universe!

I am mainfesting a bushel and a peck of universal abundance as well. I will be posting daily starting tomorrow as I start another magical Green smoothie Feast. Every fiber in my being is craving a GSF at this time. Now that I know my password I will be seeing you all tomorrow, sleep well and manifest your dreams.... SM

Green smoothie feast day 5 " Mache Musings"

I first learned about Mache from an Elliot Coleman gardening show ( BTW my Mother is offically an Elliot Coleman groupie ). He walked through 2 feet of snow in his backyard to his greenhouse ( He lives in Maine ). Once inside he lifted the top off of a cold frame box and there inside was a bunch of cute little greens called mache, I've loved them since.

Okay, Day 5, let's get real here. I WANT FOOD !!!!! Chinese, Italian, Mexican, it doesn't matter I just want food. Yes, I'm having a few cravings. All day I was toying with the idea of eating something small tonight and continuing with the GSF tomorrow. I thought a few days on, one day off, no biggie. I then remembered Valerie from the green smoothie experiment. She had over 300lbs to lose and lived and thrived on GS alone for 5 months. I thought,"surely if she can do it I can do it" and I gave up on the idea of eating. The only time I will eat is if I'm out to dinner socially or for business and again it will only be food that I would normally put in a GS.

I didn't sleep very well last night and I have felt tired and very fatiqued all day... hello detox. I gave the Green for life book to my office partern and she went to town last, almost read the whole book. She looked a little ragged this am and she said " I think I'm detoxing", ( I didn't even know she knew what detoxing was ). She also told me that she gave up meat and coffee ( as well as adding 2 GS a day to her diet ) this past week. I had no idea that she had come on board the raw vegan train. She is consumed with all of the raw information, it's so much fun for me to share websites and books and my general knowledge about raw food.

She did ask me a question about colonics. See, I used to be a colonic irrigationist and owned my own business for 6 years. She didn't even know what one was but was interested in how we dump our toxins into our colon and how colonics wash all of the toxic waste matter out. It is so much fun sharing. Oh and I forgot, she brings her GS to work in a mason jar just like me, how cool is that?

I've realized that during this feast I'm going to be hungry ( probably false hunger as I'm drinking more than enough GS ). I've realized that I'm going to have cravings and detox symptoms. I just need to remember that this is for a short period of time and I will be healthy, vibrant, glowing and balanced after this feast. I have to remind myself of this almost every 5 minutes during my cravings.

That's about all today, until next time........

Many Blessings,
SM

Collards Calling Green smoothie feast day 4

I just love Collard greens! They are so much fun! I love de-ribing them and washing what looks like green elephant ears.

So, today I was in meetings all day. I had my first GS at 10:30am and around 2:00 I was extremly hungry. My GS was in my office so I had to wait it out. So many cravings came back. I would have dived in a tank of spiders for some spagetti and meatballs.

Once I went back to my office I drank my 2nd GS and after only finishing 1/4 of it all of my cravings and hunger went away. Drinking about every 3 hours is truly the key for me.

I have a new office partner and in the 5 wks that she has worked with me she has;
1. started drinking green smoothies
2. eaten a portion of all of my raw meals and loved it all
3. ordered raw e-books and uncook books
4. started watching a raw uncook show on a satellite channel ( I think it's called Viera )
This is all from someone who never heard the concept of raw food before.

I never preach, infact when people ask about my concoctions I usually give them a short answer and leave it at that. I would have to say that her interest peaked when she tasted the raw lasagna and it hasn't stopped. She said that she eats mostly raw food at home now and has so much more energy. I feel honored that my path has inspired someone else.

My body thermostat is messed up again, I'm sure it's candida leaving and hormones balancing..YEAH!!!! I was sweaty all day and now as I sit at my computer I'm ready for a hot bath because I'm soooooo cold.

This is fun, this is easy, this is whirling happy energy... I love green smoothies!!!

Until next time......

Many Blessings,

SM